VAP - Chapter 85
Chapter 85: Flawless Cold Bone, The Peerless Sword Venerable (9)
And so, Yue Du successfully spirited away a Wushuang Sword Venerable. The whole process took three days.
Yun Yijiu was like an arrogant, big white cat. Her fur was snow-white and soft, her eyes cool and sharp, yet she would lie languidly by your side, allowing you to stroke her fur.
By now, Yun Yijiu no longer referred to herself as “this venerable one” in front of Yue Du. Yue Du’s form of address for her also quickly changed from “Your Eminence” to “Yijiu.”
But for some reason, Yue Du didn’t quite like calling her that. “Yijiu” was already a considerably intimate name, especially for someone like the Wushuang Sword Venerable.
What did she want to call her?
Unexpectedly, Qi Jiu’s voice surfaced in her memory.
It was in the mental space, on the green lawn outside the silent, white temple complex. The girl with long, slightly curled hair had wrapped an arm around her shoulder and said softly, “Call me Ah Jiu.”
Ah Jiu… Ah Jiu?
For a moment, Yue Du felt a strange sense of familiarity and intimacy that wasn’t just because of Qi Jiu. She was dazed for a second before asking, “What do you think of ‘Ah Jiu’?”
“You wish to call me that?” Yun Yijiu asked in return.
Yue Du was honest. “To be honest, yes.”
But such a name was usually a pet name, used by elders for juniors, or as an intimate term between peers. No matter how she thought about it, it didn’t seem to fit the Wushuang Sword Venerable.
“Then call me that.”
Yue Du’s eyes immediately curved into a smile. “Ah Jiu.”
Yun Yijiu acknowledged it with a hum, turning her face away nonchalantly.
Yue Du asked deliberately, “Isn’t it strange? Perhaps a bit too disrespectful.”
“Between Dao Companions, why worry about such things.”
Yun Yijiu paused, her voice deepening slightly. “Or would you rather call me Ancestor? I won’t stop you.”
Yue Du choked. “…”
Alright, no matter how innocent she seemed, the host was still the host.
She refused to be at a disadvantage!
Not long after.
The Sect Master of the Minghe Sect sent a letter of apology, stating that he had investigated and discovered the insidious things his good-for-nothing son had done behind his back, and that he had punished the boy severely.
Finally, in a consultative tone, he pleaded for the Duyue Demon Venerable to forgive this ignorant child.
Yue Du scoffed.
A child?
If she remembered correctly, this Ming Yezheng was older than Yue Zhuo. Even though Yue Zhuo’s cultivation was higher, that only made her his elder in name.
She wondered how the Youming Demon Venerable had the gall to call him a child.
Yue Du decided she would deal with them after she was done with her current business. For now… she had to focus on the important matters at hand.
Yes, Yue Du was very busy.
Ever since the Sect Master of Lingtian Sword Sect had left, no one else had come to Wushuang Peak to disturb their peace.
Yun Yijiu was long used to it. Yue Du was happy for the quiet, but she couldn’t afford to be idle.
She had to seize the time to raise her cultivation level while also searching for records related to Yun Yijiu’s inability to ascend.
This small world clearly had no trivial quest lines, yet it was busier than the previous two worlds.
Being a salted fish was no longer an option.
But that was fine.
In previous missions, before she even had a chance to do anything, the host would just say a word or chant a spell, and everything would be settled.
A system was supposed to be a golden finger for the host. When the host was too self-sufficient, it made the system seem useless.
So, even though she knew in her heart that the Main System was tripping her up this time, Yue Du vowed to complete the mission beautifully while also making things difficult for the Main System.
You want to weaken the protagonist?
I’ll do the exact opposite of what you want.
With this thought in mind, Yue Du’s motivation to cultivate was incredibly strong, and she charged straight for the Mahayana stage.
Yun Yijiu was beside her, also flipping through ancient texts.
She had long known that Yue Du’s true cultivation was only at the Integration Stage. After all this time, she could naturally see that Yue Du wanted to advance to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage as soon as possible to solidify her title as a Demon Venerable.
Yun Yijiu watched for a while, then lifted her gaze from the book. “Do you need my help?”
Yue Du was circulating her spiritual energy while browsing the ancient texts in the library. Hearing this, she smiled. “How would you help? Dual cultivation?”
Yun Yijiu was very serious. “Yes.”
Dual cultivation was, of course, a good way to rapidly increase one’s cultivation, especially when the other party was a peak Tribulation Transcendence Sword Venerable. The benefits she could bring to her Dao Companion were unimaginable for ordinary people.
But dual cultivation had its prerequisites. It wasn’t something any two cultivators could do; they had to have compatible attributes and cultivation techniques.
Otherwise, they would be better off using the time spent rolling in the sheets for meditation.
Unfortunately, Yue Du herself had a Five Elements Spirit Root, and her cultivation technique came from another cultivation world with a completely different system.
No matter how you looked at it, it was incompatible with Yun Yijiu’s Gold Spirit Root.
The Wushuang Sword Venerable was quite disappointed.
Yue Du paused her search function to comfort her. “It’s fine. We can’t dual cultivate, but we can still make love.”
Yun Yijiu froze. She slowly repeated, “Make… love.”
Her expression remained indifferent, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.
Looking at Yun Yijiu’s ascetic demeanor, Yue Du suddenly felt a strange sense of pleasure… and accomplishment, at the thought of corrupting such purity.
It had started as a joke, but now, her own mind began to race.
Yue Du had spent over a decade with Nai Yin, a grandmaster of dalliance, and could be said to know everything. Even if she had never put it into practice, she was very familiar with that aspect of life.
As the saying goes, a long illness makes a doctor of the patient. Her situation was similar in principle.
As Yue Du thought about it, her eyes sparkled.
She was eager to try.
Yun Yijiu lowered her eyes and, after a long moment, said, “It is still early. Let us wait a while.”
Yue Du said understandingly, “Don’t worry, I was just kidding. We should at least wait until after we’re married.”
Yun Yijiu: “…Mm.”
Yue Du was in an excellent mood and went back to her grand undertaking.
Yun Yijiu, however, did not continue reading. She sat in quiet contemplation for a moment, then her dark eyes slowly closed.
There was something she had to do.
Outside Wushuang Peak, the figure of a woman in white robes slowly materialized. It was Yun Yijiu, who was supposed to be by Yue Du’s side.
Strictly speaking, it was Yun Yijiu’s clone.
For a Tribulation Transcendence Venerable, creating an out-of-body incarnation was as easy as could be; she just never had a reason to use it before.
This expressionless clone raised a hand and summoned the Giant Peng Bird that had been roaming freely outside.
The Giant Peng was shocked and aggrieved.
Hadn’t this ancestor just gone out a few days ago? Why was she looking for it again so soon!
But a bird under the eaves has no choice but to lower its head, and besides, it couldn’t defeat the Wushuang Sword Venerable.
The Giant Peng had no choice but to dutifully carry the brocade-curtained pavilion, with Yun Yijiu’s leisurely clone inside, toward the mortal realm.
The clone’s expression was solemn.
Her line of thought was simple.
Dual cultivation was something cultivators excelled at, so to master its techniques, one should consult cultivators’ texts.
Making love, however, was something mortals were better at. Therefore, she needed mortal texts.
In common parlance… erotica?
Inside the hall, an oblivious Yue Du suddenly shivered.
She was a little confused. How could a cultivator get the chills—someone must be talking about her!
After thinking it over, the most likely candidate was Yun Tianwen. Yue Du silently made a mark against his name.
Yun Yijiu, acting as if nothing had happened, wore an exceptionally proper expression.
The first round of searching yielded no useful clues.
Yue Du was not discouraged by this result.
A method that someone had searched for for thousands of years without success couldn’t possibly appear before her so easily.
If it did, Yue Du’s first reaction would only be suspicion.
Aside from that, she did find the sacrificial method that the original “Yun Yijiu” had clung to as a lifeline. She pondered for a long while before putting the small, ancient booklet away.
Yue Du thought that perhaps she should change her approach.
For example, shift the focus of her search from the method to the cause?
Just as she was thinking, Yun Yijiu brought a piece of fruit to her lips. Yue Du came back to her senses and said with a grin, “Ah Jiu, you’re the best.”
With that, she bit into the fruit, savoring the sweet flavor that burst between her lips and teeth.
Yun Yijiu watched her enjoy it, another piece already skewered on a bamboo stick in her hand, ready to offer it once she was finished.
“Just now, Situ Que sent another message.”
“What did he say?”
“He wants me to guide the outstanding disciples of the sect,” Yun Yijiu paused, her voice faint. “Among them is that woman you paid special attention to during the Grand Competition.”
The one she paid special attention to during the Grand Competition could only be Mu Xingluo.
Yue Du didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but she also found it strange that Situ Que would suddenly make this request. This had never happened in the original plot.
However, it was logical.
After all, in the original plot, the Wushuang Sword Venerable had spared no effort to help Mu Xingluo in the early stages. To avoid appearing partial, she would also guide other disciples in the sect.
But her host was too lazy to even leave her own peak, let alone guide the younger generation.
“Has he made such a request before?”
Yun Yijiu shook her head slightly. “Never.”
Yue Du: “I see.”
That was indeed a bit baffling.
Could it be that Situ Que admired the female lead so much that he couldn’t bear to see her take a wrong turn?
Or was he resentful that Yun Yijiu had rebuffed him a few days ago and wanted to find something to keep her busy?
Another piece of spirit fruit was offered, this time touching her directly. A cool, soft sensation spread across her lips.
Yue Du bit down on the fruit, licking the bamboo skewer in the process.
She asked, “What do you think?”
Yun Yijiu: “If it were before, I would have certainly ignored it.”
“And now?”
“I performed a divination. The turning point seems to lie with that woman. Since that’s the case, I cannot turn a blind eye.”
Yue Du nodded. “Oh, you performed a divination…”
Wait, divination??
“You know divination!”
Wasn’t Yun Yijiu a sword cultivator? Why would she know divination?!
Facing Yue Du’s astonished gaze, Yun Yijiu’s expression was calm. “In my youth, I had much leisure time. I heard that divination was the most convenient of methods, so I went and learned it.”
She said it so casually, but Yue Du was at a loss for words.
If divination were that simple, she wouldn’t have been so surprised.
In truth, in the Qianhong Divine Province, any form of divination required a corresponding cultivation technique to assist it.
Otherwise, it was just for fun and basically useless.
“That’s what Ten Divinations Tower said as well, but I found it to be alright.”
Yun Yijiu skewered another piece of fruit and continued, “Speaking of which, the reason I went to watch the Grand Competition was also because of a divination.”
“What was it?”
“It said, I should go.”
Yue Du was left speechless with admiration.
As expected of the host. Even with her power suppressed by the Main System, she could still be so unconventional!
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